Supplemental pie-plate rim.



No. 748,151. PATENTED DEG. 29, 1903;V

W. A. BANPILL.

SUPPLEMENTAL PIE PLATE RIM. APPLIULTION FILED PEB. 19. 1903.

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5mm/Moz aim/wmf@ UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

WILLIAM A. BANFILL, -OF IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS.

`SUPPLEMENTAL PIE-PLATE RIM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,151, dated December 29, 1903.

Application filed PebruarylQ, 190,3. Serial No. 144,100. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM A. BANFILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ipswich, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supplemental Pie-Plate Rims; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a detachable supplemental rim for pie-plates, and is designed to provide an auxiliary rim which when applied for use will prevent the juices from the pie-filling from running out between the edges of the upper and lower crusts and also prevent burning of the edges of the crust and vibration and separation of the upper crust from the lower crust.

The object of the invention is to provide a rim which will subserve these purposes and which is simple of construction, convenient in use, and inexpensive of production.

With this object in view the inventionV consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a top plan View showing the application `of the rim to a pie-plate. Fig. A2is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail plan view of the overlapping ends of two sections of the rim. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the clasps, and Fig. 6 is a sec tion on line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numerallrepresentsapie-plate of ordinary form and constructiomthe sides 2 of which are providedwith the outturned annular flange or rim 3.

In carrying my invention into practice I provide a supplemental rim 4 of ring-form and consisting, preferably, of a series of segmental strips 5 of sheet metal having their ends arranged to overlap and provided withV slots or openings 6. The strips or sections 5 are adjustably or inadjustably connected, as desired, by means of fastenings 7, each consisting of a plate adapted to lie upon the upment with the edge of the lower crust.

per surface thereof and slitted to form a central prong 9 and a pair of outer parallel prongs l0. The prong 9 lies upon the upper surface of the overlying or superposed end ofthe strip of two connecting-strips, while the prongs 10 are passed downward through pairs of registering slots 6 therein and bent at right angles to hook under the underlying end of thetwo con necting-stri ps and clenched against the same to hold the two strips securely connected.

` If it bedesired to inadjustably connect the strips, a single pair'of slots at each end of each strip will suffice; otherwise the slots may l be multiplied to give the required extent `of adjustment.

By this construction it will be seen that the prongs 9 and l0 hold the connecting ends of the strips against relative movement in either direction and that by simply bending back the `ends of the prongs 10 at right angles to the fastenings 8 the latter may be disengaged and where a series of slots are provided may upon adjusting the strip to bring other slots into register again be engaged therewith to lock the same in adjusted-position to increase or decrease the size of `the rim to suit different sizes of piepans. Each fastening y8 has a depending curved tongue l1, forming a spring locking member, which is adapted to snap over and under the rim 3 of the pan, and thus r'etain the supplemental rim in position thereon. By constructing the supplemental rim of segmental strips of metal Waste of metal in the manufacture of the rimis reduced to the minimum and the supplemental rim is made readily adjustable to suit dierent` sizes of pieplates. j

In practice ,after the pie crusts and lling have been placed in the pie-plate l and the edges of the upper and lower crusts have been brought together on the rim-flange 3 of the plate the supplemental rim 4 is applied to the same, so as to lie horizontally upon the edge of the top crust and hold the same in engage- The application of the supplemental rim by downward pressure causes the locking-tongues 11 to snap under the rim 3, and to thus hold the supplemental rim 4 in operative position. When the supplemental rim is so applied, it will be apparent that the juices from the pieplate will be prevented from running out,

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brating and separating from the edge of the lower crust.

The advantage of my improved construction of supplemental rim for pie-plates is that it may be cheaply manufactured, if desired, from Waste scraps of sheet metal, is readily applied to and removed from the pan, may be adjustable to t pans of dierent sizes, and is adapted to perform its' function in an eifective manner. When it is desired to remove the supplemental rim, the lockingtongues 11 are sprung out from the rim 3, whereupon the su pplemental rim may be readily disengaged from the pie-plate.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of my invention Will be readily apparent, it is thought, without requiringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. A supplemental rim for pie-plates and the like, comprising an opening formed of segments of sheet metal provided at their meeting ends with openings, and fastenings connecting the meeting ends ot' the segments and adapted to secure the supplemental rim to a pie-plate, each of said fastenings comprising a plate lying upon the upper surface ofthe rim and having a central prong and outer parallel prongs, the said central prong being upon the top of the rim, the outer parallel prongs passing down through said openings and bent to lie against the under side of the rim, thereby connecting the sections together, said fastening also having an integral dependingspring-tongue adapted to snap into locking engagement with the rim of the pie-plate to lock the supplemental plate thereto, substantially as described.

2. A supplemental rim for pie-plates and the like,comprising an open rim formed of segments of sheet metal, and spring-catches connecting the meeting ends of the segments and adapted to snap into engagement with the rim of the pie-plate to lock the supplemental rim in position upon the pie-plate, substantially as described.

3. A supplemental rim for pie-plates and the like, comprising an open ring formed of segments of sheet metal, and fasteniugs adj ustably and detachably connectingthe meeting ends of the segments and having springtongues to snap into and out of locking engagement with the rim edge of the pie-plate, substantially as described.

4. A supplemental riln for pie-plates and the like, comprising an open ring formed of segments of sheet metal provided at their meeting ends with openings, and fastenings having prongs passed through said openings and detachably and adjustably securing the segments together, said fastenings also having spring-tongues adapted to snap into and out of locking engagement with the rim edge of the pie-plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. BANFHL. 

